diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rasterio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rasterio/default.nix
index 2014f261f417..7f6abe087255 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rasterio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rasterio/default.nix
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
+    boto3
     hypothesis
     packaging
     pytest-randomly
@@ -75,6 +76,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     shapely
   ];
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    rm -r rasterio # prevent importing local rasterio
+  '';
+
   pytestFlagsArray = [
     "-m 'not network'"
   ];
@@ -87,15 +94,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "rasterio"
   ];
 
-  doInstallCheck = true;
-
-  installCheckPhase = ''
-    $out/bin/rio --show-versions | grep -E "rasterio:\s${version}" > /dev/null
-    $out/bin/rio --show-versions | grep -E "GDAL:\s[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*" > /dev/null
-    $out/bin/rio --show-versions | grep -E "PROJ:\s[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*" > /dev/null
-    $out/bin/rio --show-versions | grep -E "GEOS:\s[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*" > /dev/null
-  '';
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Python package to read and write geospatial raster data";
     homepage = "https://rasterio.readthedocs.io/";